A Fond Farewell

Hello all you sweet readers out there!

As you may have noticed, there have been very few posts the last few months {not that I was ever the most consistent blogger...}.

When I started this blog during the summer of 2007, life {and the web} looked very different {hello, Pinterest!}.  Eric and I were newlyweds without even the thought of children on our minds, and we had just moved into our first home.

I decided to blog back then because I really just wanted a place to catalogue all the inspiring things I came across... art I loved, crafts I wanted to try, unique entertaining ideas I wanted to remember, beautiful spaces I wanted for the the home file.

I've always been a picture clipper, and I had stashes of magazine clippings here and there of all those same things, along with scrap papers with cool websites and resources I'd found online scribbled on them.  The paper clutter was starting to get to me, and when I realized that I could cure that by cataloging it all here, I was quick to get started.  Along the way, I really enjoyed showing off my own projects and styled events on the big world wide webber.

It's been fun getting to share with you!

As I mentioned, things have really changed since then.  All that free time I used to spend crafting, decorating, and entertaining has now been overtaken by other wonderful activities... namely, doing life with my two tireless little boys {and equally tireless husband!}.

There's still a lot of collective creativity happening here, but there's just not an extra hour in the day that I want to spend blogging about it anymore.  Given a laundry/cooking/cleaning/kid free moment, I choose SLEEP.

On a much deeper level, there's quite a bit more to it than that.  In the season my family is in, I want to be present and to really focus on the things and people at hand, and spend a lot less time on the computer and a lot more time investing in the real-life relationships the Lord has surrounded me with.  The Facebook account was closed first, and this blog is following suit.  I'll keep it at that and spare you the rest.

All this to say, I'm going to officially close the book on this blogging chapter of life.  I'll keep the blog open so that you can still reference any of the posts you have found to be helpful, but I won't be moderating comments or checking emails related to items found here any more.

So with that, I'll say goodbye, it's been fun, and thanks again so much for reading!